[SunRescue] SparcCenter 2000 on ebay!

[Michael S. Schiller]

Joshua:

I almost forgot! Another requirement (at the time) to be considered a real machine
(rather than a fancy toy like the machines with basic in ROM, and built-in
keyboard/screens) was that it A) have an S-100 bus and B) use a serial terminal (or
add in graphics card /w keyboard connector on it for bitmaped display)!! :)

-Mike

"Joshua D. Boyd" wrote:

> I wouldn't call a CPM machine any more real than a machine that booted to
> basic in rom.  For one thing, there were quite a few machines that did
> both.  My first computer did both.  It was a Toshiba T100, booted either
> basic or CPM.  I played games and wrote programs in basic, and did word
> processing in CPM.  Had two 5 inch drives.  It had 16 color graphics.
> Don't know what resulution or how much memory though.
>
> --
> Joshua Boyd
>
> On Fri, 25 May 2001, Michael S. Schiller wrote:
>
> > Brian Hechinger wrote:
> >
> >
> > > is an obsession, not a hobby.  trying to get them to all run is also and
> > > obsession. :)
> > >
> >
> > What good is having them if they don't work! :) The only exception to that
> > rule I have is my first 'real' computer (real being defined as one that
> > doesn't boot into BASIC in ROM):
> > http://www.agrijag.com/Images/NorthStar.jpg
> >
> > This machine was my first CP/M based machine, last time I tried to boot it
> > (about 10 years ago I guess) it wouldn't boot. Since that time all my floppies
> > for it have disappeared :(  If anyone happens to have a set of CP/M disks for
> > a NorthStar they could part with I might try and get it running again!
> >
> > -Mike
> >
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